Ships hit during WWI

Ancona

NameAncona
TypeSteamer
GRT1,168 tons
Country  British
Built1888
BuilderRamage & Ferguson, Leith
OperatorJ. Hall, Jun. & Co., London
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Ancona


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
16 Sep 1916UB 39 (Werner Fürbringer)DamagedDamaged by gunfire
48° 47'N, 4° 25'W




228 May 1917UC 70 (Werner Fürbringer)Sunk110 miles WSW Ushant

Falmouth - Lisbon & Spanish ports
general cargo
0

List as missing in Lloyd’s War Losses; torpedoed and sunk with all hands.

Position of attack on Ancona


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